All Noam Chomsky Quotes
- The whole educational and professional training system... Educational
- Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent resistance against the… Able
- Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we… Action
- One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. Marijuana can be grown… Almost Anywhere
- Education is imposed ignorance. Education
- We don't use the term 'working class' here because it's a taboo term. You're supposed to say 'middle class,' because it helps diminish the understanding… Class
- There is a noticeable general difference between the sciences and mathematics on the one hand, and the humanities and social sciences on the other. It's… Approximation
- Because they don't teach the truth about the world, schools have to rely on beating students over the head with propaganda about democracy. If schools… Act
- There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much. Good
- Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but diamond necklaces are cheaper in elegant New York… Anarchy
- It is only in folk tales, children's stories, and the journals of intellectual opinion that power is used wisely and well to destroy evil. The… Apathy
- ... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… Adam
- Now, the Libertarian Party, is a *capitalist* party. It's in favor of what *I* would regard a *particular form* of authoritarian control. Namely, the kind… Authoritarian
- There isn't much point arguing about the word "libertarian." It would make about as much sense to argue with an unreconstructed Stalinist about the word… Advocacy
- But, that's the whole point of corporatization - to try to remove the public from making decisions over their own fate, to limit the public… Arena
- Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift. Devil
- Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no one else will… Bring
- I think that in order to achieve progress in the study of language and human cognitive faculties in general it is necessary first to establish… Access
- Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the… Became
- Social and political issues in general seem to me fairly simple; the effort to obfuscate them in esoteric and generally vacuous theory is one of… Contribution
- There are plenty of things that are unknown, but are assumed reasonably to exist, even in the most basic sciences. Maybe 90 percent of the… Assumed
- If you want to scare people, you talk about evil. Evil
- The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority… Affair
- In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work force itself, the… Anachronism
- Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldn't communities have a dominant… Affect